Moving albums failed

jackdaw

I made a new album called /series.
Then I went to the overview page with the albums inside another album en chose one album /faces to 'Move' to (dropdownlist) /series because I want the album /faces to appear inside /series like /series/faces. But then I get the message that the album /faces could not be found.

The new album /series is writable ofcourse (777).
What am I doing wrong?

acrylian

Ist that Zenphoto 1.2.1 or the nightly?

jackdaw

1.2.1.

acrylian

Ok, are you sure the album /face was writable, too? Is it reproducable with other albums or just these? Otherwise I would I would suggest to try the nightly.

jackdaw

Ah... I only checked if the target directory was writable. Now it works When I make certain both are writable the move operation works ok. Thanks.

Is it true that after changing the name of an album, on the server the directory still has the old name? And if so, can I change it manually on the server?

acrylian

The album to be moved has to be writable also because the folder is moved. It is not just an update on the db.

Zenphoto is file system based so it sees what it finds the albums folder.The album name that you set on the admin edit page is independed from the album folder name. If we speak of the album name we refer to the folder name, otherwise we refer to the album title. If you rename the folder via ftp Zenphoto will see it as a new album and you will loose everything you added to the album in the db since Zenphoto will update it.

To avoid that you should use the rename feature on each album edit page that is next to the move / copy radio buttons.

jackdaw

Thanks for that warning! I was really thinking I could do everything manually by ftp, including moving and renaming...

jackdaw

Just another quick question, thinking about 'file system based':
Can I use the same folder name more than once, without getting into future problems as long as they are in seperate (sub)albums?

So, can I use
/people/miscellaneous/
/animals/miscellaneous/
/cars/miscellaneous/
at the same time?

sbillard

You can use anything that is supported by the operating system. Albums are identified by their "full" path. However, you may end up with confusion in the Titles of these albums if you don't set them manually since they will default to the final folder name.